Voting for the devil?
Thus begins an old story that makes fun of an old-time party-loyal, "yellow-dog" Democrat.
Category Archives: Opinion
Trump a threat to the First Amendment
From Shanghai to Paris to Moscow, the world has been watching to see how the U.S. election is affected by the latest terrorist bloodbath on our soil, this time in the shadow of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Newspapers in those cities and in many others focused attention on the mass murder of 49 revelers in a gay, Orlando nightclub and what might be expected from either a President Donald Trump or a President Hillary Clinton.
Letters: Trump’s slurs against judge – right or wrong?
Our nation's founders understood that judges who apply the law fairly and independently are essential to maintaining a just society. The Constitution established a judicial system in which judges make decisions based on a case's merits without fear of being fired, demoted, or sued.
One glance at your phone is enough to taint a jury
Can a judge call back a jury to start over, even after they've been dismissed? Ancient tradition said no, viewing the verdict as a kind of magical or divine pronouncement. Thursday, the Supreme Court broke the spell and said yes, it can happen -- but only if jurors haven't checked their phones yet.
Swarens: How Indiana should respond to Orlando
Love requires action, otherwise it's merely sentiment. And the best act of love that the state of Indiana could show LGBT Hoosiers now is to commit to expanding the civil rights law.
Why the redistricting lawsuit will win
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Ruling ends confusion on accident report data
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Governor, can we have that cup of coffee?
Are campaign promises empty promises that no one expects candidates to keep? Have we become that cynical? Running as the "unity ticket" in 2014, Bill Walker and Byron Mallott promised to improve the state of Alaska's tribal relations.
Drug makers’ take-back role
Most of us are familiar with the prescription medicine take-back program offered by Snohomish County law enforcement agencies, which allows residents to drop off unused prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications for safe and proper disposal at local police stations. And most of us still have a bottle or more of an unused or expired medication in our medicine cabinets.
June 12: ‘Hamilton,’ Hillary and Dinkins
Piscataway, N.J.: How can the producers of "Hamilton" raise tickets so that the cheapest seat is $179 - before fees? And the top seat price, $849? Are you kidding? They said they did this to foil scalpers. Well guess what? Now they're the scalper.
Roger Hines: Driving ethnicity into the ground
"For ethnos shall rise against ethnos," the King James scholars should have written.
Game over: Will Sanders come down off the pique?
After Tuesday night, Bernie Sanders' infinitesimal chance of winning the Democratic nomination rests on one possibility: that Democratic superdelegates will overturn the will of the voters. This is no small irony: Sanders spent much of his campaign railing against superdelegates and fighting to eliminate the practice of giving party officials and establishment types a say in the nominating process.
Ted Wheeler, Portland’s next mayor, should visit Houston
Mayor-elect Ted Wheeler has an unusual gift of time. Seven months to process, ponder, analyze and organize what he heard from Portlanders and his 14 opponents on the stump.
Our View: More could be done
While Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and the Legislature may get back together in St. Paul to consider unfinished business from the session, some work that will benefit the state's natural resources was accomplished. The omnibus supplemental budget bill signed into law June 1 provides funding provisions that support the Department of Natural Resources work, including funds for Minnesota state parks and trails operations.
Guest Column: Is it possible that this pig will fly in presidential race this November?
It's hard not to fall into apocalyptic speculation when one hears about strange and troubling events. There are rumours on the internet that we are about to see flying pigs and other strange happenings.
Graft, deer spots and a goodbye
The U.S. Supreme Court made that clear this week when it unanimously vacated the graft conviction of Bob McDonnell, a former Republican governor of Virginia.
SIDESHOWS Political circus obscuring issues important to voters
Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, perhaps taking license from Jerry Seinfeld, describes the current presidential race as "the campaign about nothing."
A ‘weighty’ presidential election
It wasn't that long ago when presidential debates were all about policy issues and ideas for making a better America.
What Uber, strippers have in common
You might not think that Uber and strippers belong in the same sentence, but all are deeply interested in the great legal question of the sharing economy: who's an independent contractor and who's an employee? Now a federal appeals court has weighed in with a ruling that strippers are employees. Its reasoning provides an important window into the legal question on which a whole business model depends.
In the matter of Paul Ryan
Both parties seem intent on throwing the election away. The Democrats, running against a man with highest-ever negatives, are poised to nominate a candidate with the second-highest-ever negatives.